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Films
3 Films
Region
“Melanesia”
x
Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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films with a digital version
1
Region
Melanesia
3
x
Country
Papua New Guinea
2
Solomon Islands
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Death
1
History of Anthropology
1
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
3
x
Ritual
2
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Kildea, Gary
1
Owen, Chris
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1981
1
1982
1
2005
1
Film list
Koriams Law and the Dead who Govern
2005
110
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Andrea Simon
.
In ‘Koriam’s Law’ Australian anthropologist Andrew Lattas meets his match in philosopher-informant Peter Avarea of Matong village, Pomio, Papua New Guinea. Motivated by their lively dialogue the
Melanesia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Possession
The Lau of Malaita
1982
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
*Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of
Melanesia
Social Change
Social Conflict
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Red Bowmen
1981
50
‘
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these
Melanesia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
History of Anthropology